Cuba had, financially, to make any kind of business possible at all here.

This kind of critical sabotage has happened every time conditions between the two countries finally started warming even slightly.

It was good to learn, Mika, that it was Jimmy Carter who opened the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, after all those years after the Revolution! I knew he appointed the unequaled ambassador, Wayne S. Smith, as the chief, but had no idea he was also the first! Wayne Smith became the target of a long lasting, furious temper tantrum from the original "exile" community under Jorge Mas Canosa.

Thanks for sharing this deeper look at what has been happening. Clearly our corporate media doesn't see the need to throw any light on it. Pandering, corporate scums. This article helps a lot.

Evidently Panama discovered a serious violation of the United Nations weapons embargo against North Korea by Cuba. I understand the Cuban general who was in charge of the weapons shipment died "in an accident". But the USA has to be careful not to send an appeasing signal to an outlaw regime.

There's also another matter, just a couple of days ago a tape was released, which contained a discussion by senior Cuban military officers, in which they went over their differences with Chavez, and reached the conclusion Chavez had to be given euthanasia so he could be replaced by Maduro, who would be much more agreeable to receiving orders from Cuba.

Whether the tape is legit or not, it is making the rounds, and the USA government can't be seen to show weakness in the face of what appears to be plain naked Cuban imperialism. This is compounded by the apparent murder of Chavez by Cuban doctors at CIMEQ, under government orders. Evidently the Cubans wanted Chavez to die sooner rather than later because they realized the Venezuelan economy was going down the drain. They sure played it close, didn't they?

The Cubans murdered Chávez, and are doing everything they can to control Venezuela from the inside through their puppet Maduro. People here blast US imperialism yet have no problems whatsoever when imperialism is perpetrated by an entity that claims itself to be "leftist". Guess political ideology is more important to them than democracy.

You may as well share your credible information with those whom you seek to enlighten.